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Ghs epidermal shaving diameter >2.0 cm at UPMC Presbyterian

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 119473412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$2,521.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,203.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$51.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,572.55 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $51.70 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $61.10 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $69.70 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $70.88 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $73.16 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $74.37 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $80.10 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare Advantage $337.77 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $349.14 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $398.25 ↓ -84%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $405.98 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $411.37 ↓ -84%
Cigna Lifesource Medicare Transplant $411.37 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $411.37 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $411.37 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $418.99 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $418.99 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $801.60 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $837.29 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,121.24 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,719.58 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA UPMC Emergent $2,242.48 ↓ -11%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,302.88 ↓ -9%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,731.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,942.10 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Medicare $3,152.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup InterGroup Services Corporation $3,152.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $3,362.40 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,362.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $3,362.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO $3,362.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $3,572.55 ↑ +42%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $3,572.55 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial $3,572.55 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs epidermal shaving diameter >2.0 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,581.00 $51.70 – $2,239.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,341.60 $51.70 – $1,677.00

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